Rotary internal combustion motor



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- I ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR I F' iied Feb.; 1937 4Sheets-Sheet l ROTARY, INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR Filed Feb. 18, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 l ll ,'l 939. v v V J. M. WOLF 2,154,370

' ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR Filed Feb, 18 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet s 11 r J. M. WOLF 2,154,370

I 'BOTA RY INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR v Filed Feb. 1a, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 v I 59: "1: 74 n 9 f,

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. "151 Q QrDOWQXj, have less air 4' w theexhalustis mumeaiand econstructionaiiording ease oi installing i m'w e nmm is a ,i r m It; is{also""aimed-;to provide a, 10/ 6 N 89 b i 1 contact with workinzfparts'so as to avoid v the new tyfi oi s amen t-cooun; system. 1 M "It is runner aim'cdto provide a novel construct- :tionjjhayingjajcentral' rotatableplate, Withcyl-j inderfon" dpndsitesides thereof and mumth fl nz dismd' W 1 "of the 'plate; and the p m enfl v'. o t e t 4 e i is'iiirther'aimed to provide a hovel and im- Q proved construction oi value means for the in t'ahe'o'i carbiireted fuel and for the exhaust of'the "same"iromi-thecylindersf in combination" with i novel iortheiint'ake or the wine] and ti t and "the-jdmixture thereof within' vll thejmotor inits'travelto the cylinders.

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In-saiddrawingsz-g *jl 'igurel is a-y'iew-lot unimpro ed motor' m sideele'vatio'n partly broken away to disclose detailst I I 7 ldgure 2 is an enlarged'yertical section "*tonytheiplane oi'lined-20f Figure 1;

- a is'a verticalsectionalvlewitaken on the ,planeot line 3I :oi r;1"igure 2: 1 I

"1; v Figure-4 is'a" detail "section taken wi plane otlineA-Loil'igure 3;'-

i I l 'igure'iisa sectional view taken on theplane iune'-s'--;t or.m ures; i U a t fills a detail sectiontaken on-the line ,8 151a" iragmentary vertical sectional View ftak'e'nata; right angle to the axis of rotaso tion tnmugn'a'port on oi' the motor adjacent ,thefmargirithereoi;

adetailiside ev ionofone oi the ms 1111 m rmurs r :-;;-iohnlili-wolfliansas-Oitysfien'alllglerdene 7% ,me'! isjan enlarged'cross sectionaldetail' I "*ithroughthe fuels-supply valve means .at thenoz- I Referring a cally tothe drawins'swherein like reierence characters designate. likeior-similat. parts, ll 6081811 azvcent'ral vertically dispoledrotatable plate having hub' sections I l disposed opposite sides thereof and, rigidly 5 fastened thereto'by-vmeans of bolts It, said plate II and hub sections I I being'keyed asa't lt'tothe i main shaft ll oi the motor. Which is journaled positesidesthereoi are cylinders 20, the cylinders on one side,;being laterally in line with those of the other side. Baidcylinders have flanges ii thrmighwhich screws 22 maybepassed to secure them'to theplate. Pistons 23 arereciprocable within the cylinders. havingconnecting rods) pivotedthereto as still and pivoted-as atityto cranks or arms 21 extending from a ring 28,, 25

blectsand adventures become apparent from a'consideration oi the description following tsrenm connection" with which is iournaled; aided by suitablebali bearin: ,devices ilh-ton the supports II at annular portions thereoi ooncentric with the shaft I4. The pistons 23, through internalcombustion t within the cylinderstl are adapted to drive or so rotate the'ring' 28. ii A. seriesoi transverse shafts II are lournaled insuitishle bearings on the plate ill and on opposite sides of the plate have similar gears ill keyed theretoandesch gear hasjan eccentric pin ii 35,

' orbitiny on tnenx f sears n, with the teeth "not which Mare 1 v Carried by the plate I I on oppodte sldesthereoi and extendlngi'rom the central portions thereof cylinders 2| are ducts 34, the same pref--v er'ably" being enlarged or flared at their inner ends as at SI; and connected to each other, the

ducts preferably having dances It throueh which" bolts or rivets 81. are passed to secure the same so tor'the plate. f'

l'sstened in the supports it and extending through the iixed gears l'lfare fuel inlet pipes 3., (meter each duct 34 and "which pipes have outlet nipples It ports in communicas a a 1,154,:70 a 3 a sides oi said plate, each cylinder oi said pairs piston extending from the ring and connected to connected tolopposite extremities of the the respective ring,- said arms having elongated shaft, said crank shaft beinz' iournaled slots, stationary annular rack means, and pinions in said-plate, pistonsioperable in saidcyiinders, enmeshed with said rack means having pins 5 -ajcommon drive ring for the pistons on the opdisposed in said slots. 5

sideot the'plate,andanarmioreach I JOHN M. wow. 

